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Funny, gracious and historically accurate, Ellen Page works it on Letterman last night. Dave has a history of loving certain ladies–Julia Roberts, Ellen Barkin, Amy Sedaris, Drew Barrymore, to name a few–and if the interview and the length of the parting handshake was any indication, expect to see Ellen back on the show. Watch here. […]

Hypothesis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQrcNujVTPA&eurl=” target=”_blank”>Celine Dion is fucking amazing. Thanks Tara Thorne for this gem.

December 22nd marked the five-year anniversary of Joe Strummer’s death, and I didn’t see it mentioned ANYWHERE, which is surprising. And sad. For many of my friends, Strummer’s death was like our JFK-shooting–we remember where we were when the news came in. My ol’ friend J. Mann wrote an awesome song about that day called […]

my first gift to you in 2008: an e-card for the world, thanks to artist Ben Coonley, with a little help from Balki and a kitty. It’s actually a valentine , but who cares, it’s weird and wonderful.

I just checked in after a holiday computer crash (in case you’re wondering, that little gift is much worse than a lump of coal) and Ernie Fage is still listed as a member of the Progressive Conservatives at their site. I figure the point has been made — the point that Nova Scotia’s Tories are […]

Today’s Globe and Mail is reporting on RodMac’s “year-end interview” with CTV: “Mr. MacDonald said he’s confident people will recognize that he moved quickly to turf Mr. Fage from the Conservative caucus after his conviction Tuesday for leaving the scene of a traffic accident 13 months ago.” Of course people define “quickly” in different ways. […]

I tried to go to NOW magazine’s site this morning to check out their redesign. Here’s a picture of the page I found. Zoinks. That can’t be what the Toronto alt-weekly was going for. UPDATE: A couple hours later, the site is back to normal.

If you’re an unhappy British professional looking for an escape, this might be welcome news. If you’re a Nova Scotian, this smacks of modern colonialism. England’s respected Telegraph paper/site/media-thingy recently published a story encouraging thrifty Brits to shop for property in our beautiful, boring, bargain-priced province. From the article: “Property prices in Nova Scotia are […]

It’s been two days since premier MacDonald publicly expelled Ernie Fage from the PC Party, yet Fage is still listed as one of the party’s elected members at the PC homepage. Since it’s the season for charity, I’ll point out that Fage has disappeared from the Tory caucus page since yesterday. Otherwise, the Fage follies […]

Yesterday morning, after a judge found Ernie Fage guilty for fleeing the scene of an accident, Rodney MacDonald kicked the MLA out of the Progressive Conservative Party. “That is supported by my caucus colleagues. He will not be our candidate in the upcoming election,” RodMac told the Herald. But how much does the party support […]

The usual collection of our betters is at it again, telling us to get over our culture of defeat and get onto the new joyous bandwagon of putting the province “on the right track.” (Just don’t ask for a raise, wise guy.) This time the lecture comes from one Tim Outhit, who heads up something […]

So, the World Series trophy is on its way to Halifax this January and will be escorted by Wally the Green Monster (!!!). I still can’t believe the Red Sox won the pennant, so the thought of being in the same city as the trophy—the Red Sox’s trophy—is hard to grasp. But what I’m really […]